Piastri thrilled with victory but decides against joining the party: 'I won't get involved'

19:26, 13 Apr

bySavannah Lenz

Oscar Piastri is happy with his Bahrain win, but that doesn't mean he will be celebrating tonight. Instead, the Australian driver will abstain from the partying to focus on the next race.

Piastri happy with race win

Piastri said to Sky Sports after the race, "Great to have this result out here. It's been an incredible weekend, starting with qualifying yesterday and finishing the job today in style is nice." He continued, "I can't thank the team enough for the car they have given us. It's pretty handy out there. It's been a great weekend and I'm very proud to do this out in Bahrain."

This is the first time McLaren has won in Bahrain. The Bahrain Grand Prix counts as a home race for the Woking-based team, which is owned by the state investment fund Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company.

On the win, he said, "It's very important given our owners. It's never been a track that's been kind to us, so it's nice to have our first win here."

"I'm sure we will have a hell of a party, but I won't get involved because I've got to race next weekend!"

Piastri also said that he was not worried after the safety car. "I would have preferred to not have it! But I was still pretty confident."

He concluded, "The pace was good and I knew Lando and I had a medium and that was the tyre to be on. You obviously just try to get a good restart. I was never going to let that one go."

This article was written in collaboration with Nicole Mulder.